[Puzzle Road] Did you think I gave my queen? [23.08.2022]

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Welcome to Puzzle Road!

Here we have a puzzle where we could first think that White is losing because of the pin on the e-column. But we can play a brilliant great excellent beautiful move to win the game! Indeed, the black king is less protected, we have the bishop pair attacking the opponent’s king and our queen controls a few squares.

This is a magnific example to show that tactics are everywhere (in lost positions too!) The queen is pinned, true, the king has not castled, true, but we win because of the activity of our pieces and the f-column that’s open.

35/ Did you think I gave my Queen? (Topic: out of the pin)

Have fun in playing chess!
@Kyu13
Awesome60

1. Bxf7+ Kxf7 2. Rf1+ Kg8 3. Rf8+! Rxf8 4. Qg7#